Geography
Autumn 1: Our Island Home
Summer 1&2: Afrcia
This term we are learning all about our island home.
- To name the four countries of the United Kingdom and their major cities
- To name the seas that surround the United Kingdom
- To locate the United Kingdom on a world map and use a map of the UK to locate Overseal
- To use atlases, aerial pictures and maps to locate places near and far
- To identify the main features and places of interest on a map
- To identify physical and human features of a locality
- To compare Overseal with the Isle of Coll, in Scotland
- To use geographical language to describe the key features of a place e.g. beach, coast forest, hill, mountain, ocean, valley
- To begin to use co-ordinates and compass directions (North, South, East and West) to locate places on a map
Here we are using aerial pictures, maps, atlasess and Google Earth to locate the island of Coll and Overseal.
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We went outside in the sun to learn how to use co-ordinates. Then we used what we'd learned to locate places of interest on the Island of Struay map.
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Have a look at what we've been busy learning.
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